LOL, are you guys serious in these comments? Light feders are for those who want to avoid injuries and actually focus on skill. Also, let's be real, points in competitions are about effectiveness, not how historical you look. If you think you're losing a competitive advantage, maybe it's not the feder that's the problem. 😆 If you think this is bad for HEMA, buy one yourself and spare your clubmates the trouble of getting one for you.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, even before your final opinions are formed. Much appreciated 😊

Yeah, no thanks. I can see this as a teaching tool, but nothing more... I will boycott any tournament where this is allowed. Maybe a shorter version IF the weight distribution makes sense, might be used for fiore fencing. But if the weight distribution was right, it would not be as safe.

I can imagine an historical smallsworder and a saberist giving very similar feedback to MoF "weapons".

it is interesting that even though FMA incorporates some Spanish fencing the style is still very different. I really thought i would seem more similarities. good video.

Second thought here! SIGI just launched their Montante (at €550). So they launched the Light (only €330) to annoy a good portion of the community, which they know will buy a Montante as an overreaction. This way they get €220 more from customers. That's genius, and I'm sure that's what's happening! 😅

I don't know how I really feel about light feders either. In addition to weight, it may be that it will allow a separation of longsword between a spadone like class (100-110cm blade) and longsword class redefined as 90-100cm blade (so more inline with historical longswords actually), maybe also add or remove grappling and half-swording depending on the class to make a greater separation between the two systems. Or the Olympic route feared by some will become true, I don't know. What I do find interesting is that I look at the schilt and blade and I don't like it. So my gut reaction is not to like the SIGI Light, even though I never touched one and never got to know how it feels in the hand. While I've heard from other HEMA practitioners on KZfaq that they like it, and that they just see it as another tool in their training repertoire, I think SIGI will have an uphill battle with this one. The good news is that SIGI also makes regular feders. 🙂 P.S. I have the video pause while writing this, and I'm seeing the blade being half the size of the grip. I really don't like that. It's such a superficial reason, but I really don't like that. It's just not right! 😤

“i can only tell you what I think for now and what I think for now is that I have mixed feelings about this” 😂

I guess I will start looking for buhurt clubs o lightsaber club if those ever become the standard longsword feder

I'm for all fencing, but at some point if we keep going this way, ppl are going to re-invente rapier, then side sword, then foil... 2 hands dont make much sense if you ignore the context, i'm training for competition very intensively and I must admite one hand long range hit are going to be an important meta in 2h competitive fencing, so this sword make sense But is it good for 2h fencing on the long run ? Well, it will generate a meta what may make the practice senseless i fear... All of this to say, all combat sport have meta issue, rules can fix it (like MMA right now with floor play) But if all federation dont talk together to fix official rules, it wont work

Based on your impression, it seems to me like the Sigi light may be optimal for more low gear sparring. My group often practices low gear longsword sparring following a fetchshule ruleset. We have found that lighter fenders such as the Bloss paratschwert are preferable over standard fenders for this type of sparring. Even the standard Sigi feder is better than many other swords we’ve tried in this regard. I would be curious to get a few of these Sigi lights and see how they compare

Is sword is definitely an ick in what it represents. Have lighter options to allow people who are many less physical able to get into HEMA is great, but I've yet to see that. It seems to be able bodied people who are pushing for this as a means to have a competitive advantage.

Looking forward to your review after a couple more months, especially in regards to the cascade effect you mentioned and how this will effect changes not just on a technical but tactical level.

Light feders are for oly princesses who are afraid of bruises.

It looks like a stepping stone to a fully Olympic-style Longsword foil if they ever added that category in the future

Marek Tadeusz Helman (Bloss) have been making light paratschwerts (feders) of superior quality and marvelous craftmanship for over 10 years now in Oborniki , Poland. Ranging from 1150--1300g they are perfect for technique, sparring and competing. It s my intention to wield one of his paratschwerts at SoCal next year.

I am a FMA guy who spars with HEMA guys a lot and i find Dual wielding (a Common thing in FMA) is effective against longer weapons. From this video it seems we train a lot more to be able to use both hands independently from day one and to attack from odd angels.

Great review and advice thanks.🙏

Ha! My first and only book!

Thank you for these drills. They are really helping me learn and condition. They help my girlfriend a lot too. She's from Belarus and sings your name like the song Frederico Fellini when I tell her I found another of your drills for us. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aZODh6ap3sDMd3k.html

A new bizarre one up the alley of those you suggest is titled Myths and blind spots in the fighting arts’ world. To my knowledge nothing of the kind out there and necessary for all artists. Seeing from your taste of literature you will highly appreciate it. He doesn't hold back at all, e.g. he exposes money making businesses that offer no real self-defense, instructors that care only about their tradition and not about the needs for self defense, he shows that God in the Bible is not against violence and self-defense training as many think, he shows why most drills and sparring are constructed in a wrong way, he talks about understanding the brain and its physics, about urgency and intention and the element of surprise and escape, he exposes Wing Chun in detail but also gives sound solutions to everything and so much more mind blowing stuff all packed together in 250 pages.

Your takeaways are very true and important! However - how do you know that they trained without this or that protection? It was entirely possible for them to get a gambescom and blunt sword, or stick / branch, and train at least semi-contact thrusting on partner. Then partner could wear armored gloves and helmet - and you basically have now very good equipment for training, even thou still need to watch out for the face. Do we have some sources regarding that? Illustrations of ppl fighting in clothes only tell us nothing, rapier manuals often show naked ppl and they didn't train nor duel like that. It may be depition of training, or of combat, or simply posing for a nice illustration, or for convenience of showing detail (some medieval sources don't carry much of it, some do, as Durer Fechtbuch). So now what? :D Kenjutsu comparison may be flawed as well - already at Musashi times introduction of bamboo sword and bogu asfaik was made. Training weapons and equipment are not very modern idea. Medieval tournaments were most of the time done in armour and wooden batons (not swords even).

Great stuff!

Nice review, but I'd like to know more. How is the blade geometry, does it have a secondary bavel? Are there ripples on the blade? How are the fullers? Are they straight , do they terminate at the same point on both sides? Is it loud when you move it around? Do you get a feed back regarding your edge alignment? How does it behave by cutting and what about edge retention?

Arming swords are my favorites and you are one of the few content creators that has videos abiut them

This guard is so malicious I love it.

In my view, there's not really a dichotomy. The manuals on which HEMA is based were originally meantime to teaching techniques that would be applied to real duels or battle scenarios. Therefore, sparring is an essential component of studying these manuals. Also, the old masters knew the works of their predecessors and tries to improve on those teachings, so applying different concepts and techniques from different sources to me does not sound like straying away from the original spirit.

"Run away ! Run away !!!"

That's the Ensifer Kron, yes? Would you recommend it for a newbie? I very much want to learn to handle a real sword.

Wrong title but great video!!! All fighters need Sparring the right way, to improve their "tools".Not too much power needed, respect each other, find the gab, help each other to become better. In other words, JUST PLAY!!!👊👊🙏🙏

I love these videos

Very nice fencing, as always

As usual, nice spar!

Goodman!!!!

You know, your joke aside, I'm now curious how long without practice can you go before you start to forget what you've already learned.

Nice to see you sparring again! Why the annoying (cowboy) background music? We're here to watch your HEMA. 🤨 I had to turn the sound off as it was so irritating. 😒

Good fight

nice

Nice sparing.

These short bits help me keep my motivation up as I start to learn Hema At Home. Thanks.

I love watching this channel. I’ve always been interested in HEMA and had no idea how to get started, but you’re helping me get an idea. Thank you and keep up the awesome work!

Tis but a flesh wound. 😊

Could you tell me what kinds of gloves you are using? I am looking for a good balance of protection and mobility (I also don't mind if they are stylish, lol).

Can you go over spear guards in more detail?

how to defeat dual weild?

Thanks for this great video! 😀

I had the thought that your feet and how far apart they are, are your base, like the base of a tall structure; the wider the base, the harder it is to knock/fall over, the narrower the base, the easier it is to knock/fall over, so a wider base makes you more stable, a narrower base makes you less stable. However, a wider base makes it harder to move, your legs are making more of an angle, more of a triangle, and you have to shift more of your weight forward or backwards if you want to advance or retreat, whereas with a narrower base, it is much easier to move as your legs are straighter and more vertical, and you have to shift your weight less in order to move. There was a video I found of an SCA duke teaching a class on footwork and movement, and one of the things he was talking about, was that if you wanted to advance, you essentially shift your weight forward until it gets past the balance point, and if you want to retreat, you could shift your weight back, almost as if you're going to sit down, and once your torso has passed the balance point, your body will naturally start to fall in that direction, so shifting your weight far enough, your body will naturally follow. One visual I think could be useful is to compare a pyramid to a tower; the pyramid has a very wide base, too wide, it cannot be tipped over without great effort, but a tower has a narrower base, so it takes less effort and less time to tip it over. So, as Federico said, you would want to find a comfortable middle-point, your feet are wide enough apart to maintain stability, yet still close enough together so it takes less time and effort to shift your weight in the direction you want to go.

The video is very good and important! I need to say some feedback thou, missing points maybe: 1. you can vary lenght of passing step without moving sideways but it requires hip hinge stance and bodyweight on foot that becomes backfoot 2. you can land single passing step fast without running, but for that you need to land in lunge position (many medieval attacks are described + depicted this way) - you see it in my last messer highlight from Śkunks 2024 or in Sprechfenster Blog research on medieval footwork

OMFG step backwards to land the riposte iahsvfiajsbfbrsj I have unironically been struggling with this for like a month because my club fights like bulls with magnets on our heads and clash into stretto every exchange. I need to work on my backwards footwork I could end so many exchanges so much more easily if I perfect this. I know it seems like such a simple note but I’m dying over not having been practicing this!